NSG/486
Public Health: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Online
Format
$1050
Estimated Tuition
3 credits
Total credits
5 weeks
Course length
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Course level: NUR Undergraduate
This course explores public and global health issues relevant to professional nursing practice. Topics include social responsibility and determinants of health, epidemiology, disease prevention and health promotion for at-risk populations, and national and global health organizations. A key focus is the application of evidence-based public health principles.
Prerequisites
- A valid, unrestricted/unencumbered RN license
What you'll learn
Course skills and outcomes
Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate the nurse’s role in public health.
- Analyze the relationship between the health policy, politics, and health.
- Analyze emerging global health issues that affect public health nursing.
- Apply epidemiological models and processes to promote public health.
- Analyze the nurse’s role in infectious and communicable disease control.
Practice Learning Objective
- Utilize health promotion techniques to manage communicable disease in populations.
- Develop plans to reduce morbidity and mortality in populations.
- Appraise public health programs at a national, state, and community level that influence.